Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

When you are you, Zen is Zen. Big mind is just big mind.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

To what shall I compare this life? It is like a boat that left at dawn, leaving no trace.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.